Bill Roggio

One of my concerns is that Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula can reassert control, as it has done several times in the past, or that you get a situation where Al Qaeda is all of a sudden viewed as moderate, just as it is in Syria, where you have a specially designated global terrorist who leads a foreign terrorist organization who's become president and runs the government.

So of Syria, that you can have a situation like that. The problem is that I that I see with our foreign policy, and this is not a left or right or Republican or Democrat issue, but it's a Washington issue, is that we're always looking for someone to work with.

So of Syria, that you can have a situation like that. The problem is that I that I see with our foreign policy, and this is not a left or right or Republican or Democrat issue, but it's a Washington issue, is that we're always looking for someone to work with.

So of Syria, that you can have a situation like that. The problem is that I that I see with our foreign policy, and this is not a left or right or Republican or Democrat issue, but it's a Washington issue, is that we're always looking for someone to work with.

And in places like Yemen and Libya and Syria, there are really very few good actors or the ones that are good tend to be powerless or maintain very little power. So my concern is that this if the We replace the Houthis, or if we depose the Houthis, they could be replaced with another bad actor, and we could be convinced that they're good actors. That's exactly what happened in Syria.

And in places like Yemen and Libya and Syria, there are really very few good actors or the ones that are good tend to be powerless or maintain very little power. So my concern is that this if the We replace the Houthis, or if we depose the Houthis, they could be replaced with another bad actor, and we could be convinced that they're good actors. That's exactly what happened in Syria.

And in places like Yemen and Libya and Syria, there are really very few good actors or the ones that are good tend to be powerless or maintain very little power. So my concern is that this if the We replace the Houthis, or if we depose the Houthis, they could be replaced with another bad actor, and we could be convinced that they're good actors. That's exactly what happened in Syria.

We exchanged one bad leader, Assad, and replaced them with a terrorist. Is the situation better in Syria today than it was a year ago? I'd argue it's just as bad. It's just a different kind of situation.

We exchanged one bad leader, Assad, and replaced them with a terrorist. Is the situation better in Syria today than it was a year ago? I'd argue it's just as bad. It's just a different kind of situation.

We exchanged one bad leader, Assad, and replaced them with a terrorist. Is the situation better in Syria today than it was a year ago? I'd argue it's just as bad. It's just a different kind of situation.

I completely agree. We absolutely should be taking out the Houthis. We should do everything. We just need to be, as you said, be pragmatic. Your case of Afghanistan is perfect. Right. When we the Taliban, we President Trump negotiated the Doha agreement with them that President Biden used to withdraw. And we're talking to the Taliban now.

I completely agree. We absolutely should be taking out the Houthis. We should do everything. We just need to be, as you said, be pragmatic. Your case of Afghanistan is perfect. Right. When we the Taliban, we President Trump negotiated the Doha agreement with them that President Biden used to withdraw. And we're talking to the Taliban now.

I completely agree. We absolutely should be taking out the Houthis. We should do everything. We just need to be, as you said, be pragmatic. Your case of Afghanistan is perfect. Right. When we the Taliban, we President Trump negotiated the Doha agreement with them that President Biden used to withdraw. And we're talking to the Taliban now.

We we took off the bounty, the $10 million bounty for Sir Juncker, one of the most horrible terrorists on this planet. He's responsible for the deaths and wounding of thousands of Americans in Afghanistan, tons of thousands of Afghans. He's with ties to Al Qaeda. So We may be good at deposing a regime. We just don't seem to have foresight. And you're absolutely correct.

We we took off the bounty, the $10 million bounty for Sir Juncker, one of the most horrible terrorists on this planet. He's responsible for the deaths and wounding of thousands of Americans in Afghanistan, tons of thousands of Afghans. He's with ties to Al Qaeda. So We may be good at deposing a regime. We just don't seem to have foresight. And you're absolutely correct.

We we took off the bounty, the $10 million bounty for Sir Juncker, one of the most horrible terrorists on this planet. He's responsible for the deaths and wounding of thousands of Americans in Afghanistan, tons of thousands of Afghans. He's with ties to Al Qaeda. So We may be good at deposing a regime. We just don't seem to have foresight. And you're absolutely correct.

We project our values upon people that really are our enemies. The Taliban are our friend. Ahmed al-Shara in Syria and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which he runs. They are not an ally, and yet we're treating them like one. And I hope we don't... you know, have followed similar steps in Yemen as we've done in Libya, right? Another basket case study of our failed follow through policy.

We project our values upon people that really are our enemies. The Taliban are our friend. Ahmed al-Shara in Syria and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which he runs. They are not an ally, and yet we're treating them like one. And I hope we don't... you know, have followed similar steps in Yemen as we've done in Libya, right? Another basket case study of our failed follow through policy.

We project our values upon people that really are our enemies. The Taliban are our friend. Ahmed al-Shara in Syria and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which he runs. They are not an ally, and yet we're treating them like one. And I hope we don't... you know, have followed similar steps in Yemen as we've done in Libya, right? Another basket case study of our failed follow through policy.

And I just hope we don't do that again.